Urban living and obesity: Is it independent of its population and lifestyle characteristics?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 448-457

  Arambepola, Carukshi ^a,b   Allender, Steven ^a   Ekanayake, Ruvan ^c   Fernando, Dulitha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Determinants; Obesity; Population based study; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA; COLOMBO; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA];

EID: 42149105183     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02021.x     Document Type: Article

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